Maintaining the will to live of patients with advanced cancer

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 524-531

  Khan, Luluel ^a   Wong, Rebecca ^a   Li, Madeline ^a,b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,c   Lo, Chris ^a   Gagliese, Lucia ^a,c   Rodin, Gary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

communication; desire for hastened death; distress; oncology; therapeutic relationship; Will to live

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77958149202     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181f45b90     Document Type: Review

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